TRIPTI

PART:3

Present

*Tripti smiles and closes her eyes while swinging her fan*

*Time skips*

Men: Rest in peace! Rest in peace!

At Dinkar's house, his wife was sitting in white saree, shaved head and plastered hand. The Dinkar funeral was held up by four men in white clothes.

His mom kept crying while his wife sat there expressionless.

Satvik and a kotwal was watching the scene from a distance.

Satvik: Subhashish, what is the point of being a kotwal? There have been so many murders, but you don't even have any suspects.

Kotwal: Suspicions don't count. Our British law asks for proof.

Satvik and kotwal looks at each other.

*Time skips*

Satvik visit the tree where they found the body of the Dinkar. He looked at the blood that was on forest floor. Trying to recall everything. And going through the same path that he followed at that night. He saw the blood sprinkled on leaves of bushes.
Going deep into the forest, he kept walking inside the forest.
Recalling the scream of Dinkar. He reached in the middle of forest at the same place where the shadow was standing. Satvik saw the bloody handprint on the pillar.

*Time skips*

Later at afternoon

*Box opens*

*Bindu smiles*

Bindu: Shall I make paan?

Satvik was in front of her in a beautiful room.
Bindu started to take out things to make paan.

Satvik: Bhabhi, since when has the doctor been here?

Bindu: *looks at him* He was...here before your brother left home.*smiles*

Satvik:*smiles* does he...visit here a lot?

Bindu: *looks at him* It's not like I live here. *Chews* how would I know?

Satvik: when you were here, did he visit then?

Bindu looks at Tripti coming inside the room.
Satvik and Bindu stopped their conversation.

Tripti enters with a tray in her hand while satvik looks at her.

Bindu: We were just talking about you.

Tripti puts the tray on table while looking at Bindu.

Bindu: *adjusts her veil*

Satvik: I should leave.

Tripti: *smiles and looks at satvik*

Satvik gets up and leave by saying.

Satvik: I have some work with kotwal. I will see you at dinner.

Bindu looks at him leaving the room.

Tripti sat on the bed that was on the side of sofa where Bindu was sitting.

Bindu: He was questioning me about Sudesh. *Looks at Tripti*

Tripti waves her hand fan.

Bindu: Dr.Sudesh is...*smiles* a fine man. Maybe it was just a casual query.

Tripti: And you were adding your two bits.

Bindu: *in disbelief* Me? I didn't. Badi bahu, you know me. I never mean any harm or say anything bad about anyone.

*Tripti smiles and keep waving her fan*

Bindu: Shall I make paan?

Tripti; Yes. Go right ahead.